Cardiff 0 Portsmouth 1
Portsmouth won there first Fa cup since 1939 in this not very exciting game of football but all credit to Cardiff who gave it there all to try & win there first cup since 1927 & be the first team from outside the top flight to win since 1980.Portsmouth had Pedro Mendes starting & Cardiff left Robbie Fowler out of the squad all together but it did look like they could have done with him sometimes.
After the national anthems were sung & the coin toss the game started.It was Cardiff who settled the best they took the game to Portsmouth & started to create some chances.The ever lively Joe Ledley who must be a target for premiership sides played in Paul Parry after only 12 minutes but David James who was back in the side today made a crucial block to denie him.The in the 22nd minuted we saw the miss of season at the new wembley.
It was Kanu who somehow got the ball of Muntari skipped past a defender them rounded the keeper Enckelman only to place his shot against the bottom of the post & out.Live from the pitch he should have scored it was probably easier but the tv replays showed it was harder to hit the post!!.Cardiff kept pressing & the football was that controlled & not many chances but in the 37th minute Kanu made amends.
Utaka had the football down the right hand side ran to the defence stopped the dummied the defender created a yard & whipped in a cross straight at Enckelman but instead of getting a hand to it he palmed it up into the air & there was Kanu to tap the ball into the net & score.Cardiff nearly got back into the game straight away when Parry got clear down the left & put in a great cross but Kevin McNaughton was stretching all the time & couldn’t make anything of it.
They also had a goal ruled out in injury time of the first half when a corner came in & there was panic in the Portsmouth defence when James came to claim it & didn’t get hold of it & as he went for it again he palmed it straight onto Loovens arm who then controlled it & made a superb lob into the net over Glen Johnson’s head but the ref ruled the goal out for hand ball & that was the end of the half. Harry Redknapp
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